Shabbat Shalom Kol Beit Yisra'el and welcome to the eleventh month of the sacred year which began last Rosh Chodesh, otherwise known in the Babylonian calendar and the modern Jewish one as Shevat. This is a 'quiet' time of the year for us as we pass through what is usually the toughest part of winter. Historically and spiritually nothing much ever happened during this month that's mentioned in the Bible except for a revelation from Yahweh to the prophet Zechariah (Zech.1:7). The messengers sent throughout the earth report:

"We have walked to and fro throughout the earth, and behold, all the earth is resting quietly" (Zech.1:11, NKJV).

I hope that is what you are all doing this Sabbath morning.

World News

The downward spiral in the economy continues and know many of you are increasingly feeling the pinch and others are beginning to panic. The new American President is showing more of his true colours as he prioretises, like those before him in the late 1930's, appeasing men of violence with one hand whilst trying to placate the frightened masses with the other.

Thus this 'boy-god' came to be known as the "god of the human heart", that is, Cupid, or the 'God of Love', though in reality, as you will see in a moment, he had absolutely nothing to do with the 'heart' or 'love'. And it is this 'love'-god that almost everyone on the planet worships without knowing it, including a lot of believers. The trouble is, this human heart is not what it appears to be. It is not the same as a heart transformed by the living Messiah Yah'shua into a heart that loves the true Elohim of heaven, adheres to and clings to Yah'shua for all his life, and adores His Torah uncompromisingly. The Cupid Heart is Torahless because it hates Yahweh's laws; but the Yahweh-heart is in love with His Laws and therefore honours them highly, high above all human tradition which he in turn abhors because they dishonour his Master .

You Have Been Warned

Brethren and sister, friends and investigators, I wish you to seriously consider the possibility that in observing Valentines Day in any degree is to participate directly or indirectly in Lupercus worship. Just because priests, pastors and messianic rabbis haven't warned you doesn't mean they have done their homework and are satisified it is harmless. Many if not most just don't want to know because they stand to lose many worldly advantages if they do, plus they are themselves lawless and following their own instincts rather than the Ruach. Remember this and remember it well: All non-Torah roads eventually lead back to Rome which is the mother of abominations. Remember also that the red colour that predominates in this festival represents the corrupt blood of goats and dogs. It is not the saving blood of Messiah. It represents passion for sure, but not the clean type.

'Freedom' Aphrodite's Way

Whilst doing some research in this topic I by chance came across a sanguid feminist website by a woman who unapologetically and without the lest bit of shame calls herself 'an abomination'. There she riddicules Yahweh as a myth created by feudal lords to keep the serfs in line. The idea of a soul, of hell, salvation, good and evil, she says, were created to send men off to war to die for the empire of the day. She offers to remove the spiritual armour described by Paul in Ephesians and so render Yahweh's servants 'free men'. How ironic - one already totally exposed to the elements of the world and perishing offering to do the same to someone else who is safe and heaven-bound. But that's thr way the devil works - he wants to make everyone as miserable as he is.

A Topsy-Turvy World

We live in world which calls Yahweh and Torah 'slavery' and the Valentine spirit of the Lupercalia 'freedom'. That Lupercalian spirit is anarchistic passion deceptively calling itself 'free love', where there is (ultimately) no religion, no accountability, no right or wrong, a word of existentialism, and no final truth. Love is not, in any case, 'free' in the sense that the occultists and feminists mean - it comes with a price, the price of the Son of Elohim ransoming our souls on the cross of Calvary with His spotless blood. All love proceeds from Him, including the deposit we receive at birth to enable us to chart our way back home to making a real choice for Him. All love that calls itself 'free' is not love - it is a counterfeit that leads to slavery.

The More You Probe...

I had not realised just how abominable the spirit of Valentines Day was until Yahweh led me to start probing deeper into it. The more lies you uncover the greater the plot to enslave people becomes apparent. It is, in reality, no different from Halloween even though it has been glossed over far more and pretends to only be about romantic love.

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It, for example, recognises that the Godhead consisted of both male and female persons, the Ruach or 'Sophia' (Hochmah/Wisdom) being the Heavenly Mother. However, it perverted this teaching by syncretising with pagan concepts of goddesses and in effect restoring a transmuted version of the goddess worship so forcefully condemned in the Tanakh (Old Testament).

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Though Sophia is the Greek name for Hochmah or Wisdom, a Personification of the Ruach, there is also a demonic counterfeit that uses the same name, in the same way that there is a false YHWH of kabbalism and Judaism.

Glossary of MLT Hebraic, Greek and English Terms For other terms and full details please see the Micropedia

AAdon(ai) = Master, a pagan fertility god, Adonis; used by many Messianics but not MLT(a)eon(ian) = 7 dispensation- or age-long time periods, not forever (see le-olam-va-ed)Alef-Tav = Alpha-Omega, A-Z, first and last letters of the Hebrew alphabet = Yah'shuaAmen = truly, let it be so, written Amein by some MessianicsApocrypha = Hebraic Scriptures not a part of the Protestant canon (e.g. Baruch)Anti-Messiah = Hebraic term for the end-time Antichrist or anyone opposed to the Messiahantinomian = lawless Christian who disregards all or part of Torah/commandmentsAshkenazi Jew = East European Jew descended from the Turkic-Japhethite Khazars Assembly = church, congregation, ekklesia, community, fellowship, koinonia, gatheringAzazel = the Yom Kippur scapegoatBBaal, Ba'al = any other master than Yahweh, usually demonic in MLT terminologyBachor(im) = firstborn son(s)Bar/Bat Mitzvah = Son/Daughter of Commandment, covenant to obey Torah at age 12being = soul, the whole person (spirit and body), e.g. "my whole being"Beit, bet, beth = house, e.g. Beit Yisrael (House of Israel), Beth Lechem (House of Bread)Beit haMikdash = Yahweh's Temple in YerushalayimB'rit Chadashah = the New Covenant; B'rit Chadashah Scriptures = New TestamentB'rit Milah = circumcision - abolished in the B'rit Chadashah, replaced by MikvahCcanon = authoritative Scripture (Heb. qaneh, Gk. kanŰn = measuring instrument)Catechumen = a serious, covenanted investigator seeking Mikvah or Baptism in MLTChag haMatzah = Feast of Unleavened Bread, second of the annual feasts of YahwehChavurat Bekorot = MLT's Priesthood Order, Holy Order and Assembly of the FirstbornCohen = priest; Cohen Gadol = High Priest (also spelled Kohen)Council of Yah's elohim = the heavenly Assembly of the Firstborn or Chavurat BekorotDdemon = fallen malek or angel in rebellion against Yahweh (Heb. shad; see l-Shaddai)derech = the Way, Path or Road - Yah'shua and the Gospel are the WayDrash = moral or homiletic interpretation of Scripture - see PaRDeSEEchad = One, Union of two or more in one (as opposed to Yachid) - see ElohimEchad Godhead Doctrine = Father Yahweh, Son Yah'shua and Sevenfold Ruach (Mother)Êl, Eloah, Elah = God the Father, YahwehÊl-Elyon = Most High God, YahwehÊl-Shaddai = Master/Lord over all shads or demonsElohim = God, the Godhead (Father, Son & Holy Spirit), lit. 'Mighty One(s)', 'Ruler(s)'elohim = Israelite judges, rulers, angels or gods (false deities, idols, demons)emunah = faith, actively trusting, clinging or adhering to (especially Yahweh or Yah'shua)emet = truth, Yah'shua is the EmetEphraimite = descendant of the patriarch Ephraim and head of Messsianic IsraelFFeasts of Yahweh = the 7 annual Moedim (Pesach, Chag haMatzah, Yom haBikkurim, Shavu'ot, Yom Teruah, Yom Kippur and Sukkot)GGan-Eden = Garden of Eden, Paradise and state of the purified heart in Messiahgoy(im) = nation(s), Israelites or gentiles not born in or converted to the CovenantHhallelu-Yah = praise Yah(weh)!Heylel = proper name of Satan or haSatan = the Adversary, the devilSabbath = Yom Shabbat (Friday to Saturday sunset, add 1 day in IDL Zone)Hochmah = Wisdom, title of the 7-fold Ruach haQodeshIIDL = International Date Line, false man-made time division in Pacific OceanIDL Zone = Area between the true Divine Date Line (Lake Van/Eden) and the false oneIsraeli = citizen of the modern Edomite-Khazar Republic of Israel (not Biblical Israel)Israelite = citizen of biblical state of Israel or a modern follower of the MessiahJJew = post-biblical term describing descendants of Edomite and Khazar converts to JudaismJohannine = pertaining to the Apostle Yochanan (e.g. Gospel of John)Josephite = descendant of the patriarch Joseph, the head of Messianic IsraelJudahite = a person in direct descent from the patriarch Judah, forefather of the MessiahJudaism = a Talmudic-based religion rejecting Yah'shua the MessiahJudean = a citizen of the Kingdom or Province of Judah until the 2nd Century diasporaKKadosh la Yahweh = set-apart or dedicated to Yahweh, 'Holiness to the Lord', MLT mottoKaraites = Jews (from 700 AD) who reject the Talmud and accept only the Tanakhkashrut = keeping kosher, food laws of Yahweh and correspinding lifestyleKetuvim = Writings or Hagiographa of the TanakhKhazar = a Turkic convert to Judaism ~700 AD forming the AshkenaziJewish communitykosher = clean foods authorised by Yahweh for human consumptionLLashon Hara = evil-speaking, gossip or slanderlegalism = false route to salvation through works (self-salvation)le-olam-va-ed = dispensation- or age-long, aeonian, not eternal, forever or for eternityLev = heart, as in Lev-Tsiyon = heart of ZionLev-Tsiyon = Heart of the Fortress [of Yahweh], Hebrew name of MLT's founderMMaster = Lord, Sir, Adon(ai) - (one in authority, a ruler - a king, husband, prophet, judge)Malak(im) = Angel(s), heavenly supernatural messenger(s)manna = wafers of honey, bread from heaven (lit. 'what is this?')matzah = unleavened bread, see Chag haMatzahMenorah = 7-armed candlearbra = the 7 annual Moedim and 7-fold Ruach haQodeshMessiah = Christ; Anti-Messiah = AntichristMessianic Community = Body of Christ, sum total of all true believers; all true fellowshipsMessianic Israel = all who worship Yahweh, trust in Yah'shua, obey Torah and overcomeMessianic Jew = Messianic convert from Judaism still clinging to Talmudic traditionsMidrash = aggadic interpretation of scripture vi‚ Drash, a scriptural discussionMikvah = baptism by immersion of convert into Yah'shua or of wife into husbandMishpachah = family: nuclear, congregational, tribal or the whole of Messianic IsraelMLT = Mishpachah Lev-Tsiyon = family of the heart of the fortress [of Yahweh]Mishpat = right-ruling or judgementmitzvah/mitzvot = commandment(s)moed(im) = appointment(s) of Yahweh, 7 Annual Feasts, Sabbath and Rosh ChodeshNNefilim, Nephilim = giant offspring of materialised demons and human womenNevi'im = prophetic writings of the Old Testament or TanakhNew Birth = spiritual conversion in the Ruach haRishon, being 'born again' with new heartNidah = a woman's menstruation period during which no intercourse is permittedOOlive Branch = collection of revelations, prophecies and visions published by MLTPParaclete = Comforter, Advocate (NEB), Counsellor, Ruach haQodesh (Gk. paraklÍtos)PaRDeS = method of textual interpretation (homiletics) - see P'shat, Remez, Drash, SodPatriarch = a father who is head of his family, clan or tribe (lit. 'father-ruler')Pentateuch = first five books of the Tanakh (Genesis-Deuteronomy), also called Torahperibolaion = headcovering worn by daughters/wives in submission to fathers/husbandsPesach = Passover, first of the annual feasts of YahwehPeshitta = an Aramaic version of the BiblePrototrinitarianism = early, simplified MLT formulation of the Echad Godhead DoctrinePrush(im) = Pharisee(s)Pseudepigrapha = Non-canonical Hebrew writings additional to the ApocryphaP'shat = literal, contextual, philological, exoteric, outer meaning of Scripture - see PaRDeSQQadosh Qadoshim = Holy of Holies, most sacred set-apart room of the Beit haMikdashQodesh, Kodesh = set-apart, holy (see Ruach haQodesh)RRabbi = Teacher, term used by Messianic Jews and some Messianic Israelites = PastorRefuge, the 12 Cities of = divinely protected MLT fortresses during the 7-year TribulationRemez = hint or allegorical level of Hebraic understanding of Scripture - see PaRDeSRosh Chodesh = monthly New Moon appointment of Yahwehruach = spirit of a person (lit.'breath')Ruach Elohim = Spirit of God (the Spirit of the collective Godhead or Elohim)Ruach haChamashee = 5th Ruach presides over Yom Teruah and Yom ChamasheeRuach haQodesh = the Sevenfold Holy Spirit or Holy Ghost (lit. 'Set-Apart Breath')Ruach haRevee = 4th Ruach presides over Shavu'ot, Yom Revee and Bar MitzvahRuach haRishon = 1st Ruach presides over Pesach, Yom Rishon and the New BirthRuach haShanee = 2nd Ruach presides over Chag haMatzah and Yom ShaneeRuach haSheshi = 6th Ruach presides over Yom Kippur and Yom SheshiRuach haShleshi = 3rd Ruach presides over Yom haBikkurim, Yom Shleshi and MikvahSSabbath = Yom Shabbat (Friday to Saturday sunset, add 1 day in IDL Zone)Satan = rebel archangel Heylel, father of lies, devil, chief demon (lit.'Adversary')Sephardic Jew = West European Jew of mixed blood containing many JudahitesSeptuagint = Greek translation of the Tanakh, LXXShegal haShabbat = 7th Ruach (Sabbath Queen) presides over Sukkot and Yom ShabbatShekinah = Divine Presence and Glory of Yahweh-ElohimSet-apart = holy, sanctified, consecrated, dedicated, separated (to and by Yahweh)Shabbat-Shabbaton = High Sabbath (e.g. Yom Kippur)Shalom = heavenly peace, standard Hebraic greeting invoking Yahweh's peaceShamash(im) = servant(s), deacon(s), attendant(s)Shavu'ot = Pentecost or Weeks, fourth of the annual feasts of YahwehSheol = grave or pit, euphamism for Hades or hell - also see Tartarusshofar = ram's horn, blown during Yahweh's Moedimsimcha = joy, keynote of SukkotSod = mystical, anagogic, inner or esoteric understanding of Scripture - see PaRDeSSukkot = Tabernacles or Booths, seventh of the annual feasts of YahwehSynagogue = Greek word used by Jews and Messianics (but not MLT) for a meeting houseTtalmid(a) = male/female disciple or studentTalmud = scriptures, teachings and commentaries belonging to non-Messianic JudaismTanakh = acronym for Old Testament Scriptures - Torah, Nevi'im & KetuvimTartarus = place of imprisonment under the earth for rebellious angels and Nephilimteshuvah = repentance, remorse and contrition leading back to Torah obedienceTorah = Yahweh's teachings or Law; New Covenant Torah includes Yah'shua's teachingsTribulation, the Great = the final 7 years of the present aeon when Anti-Messiah rulesTrinity = Catholic Godhead formula - see Echad Godhead Doctrine and PrototrinitarianismTsiyon = Zion, a fortress, a name of Jerusalem and a prominent hillTzitzit/Tizitziyot = tassel(s) worn by men in remembrance of TorahUUniversalism = salvation of all at the cosmic Yovel, with different rewards and punishmentsYYachid = one, single person or item, as opposed to Echad (many in one, unity)Yah'shua the Messiah = Jesus Christ (the Son)Yahudah = Judah - see JudahiteYahweh, Yah, YHWH = the true Name of our Heavenly Father, also carried by Yah'shuaYahweh-Elohim = LORD God (the Father, Yahweh as Head of the Godhead or Elohim)Yahweh haQatan = the sent Yahweh = Yah(weh)'shua, Malak of Yahweh's PresenceYam Suf = Sea of Reeds, the true Israelite Exodus water crossing, not the Red SeaYarden = Jordan River (lit. 'meanderer')Yerushalayim = JerusalemYisrael = Israel (lit. 'ruling with l') = true believers under the New CovenantYom Chamashee = 5th day of the week (Thursday, Friday in IDL Zone)Yom Din, Yom haDin = (the) Day of JudgementYom haBikkurim = Feast of Firstfruits, third of the annual feasts of YahwehYom Revee = 4th day of the week (Wednesday, Thursday in IDL Zone)Yom Rishon = 1st day of the week (Sunday, Monday in IDL Zone)Yom Kippur = Day of Atonement, sixth of the annual feasts of YahwehYom Shabbat = 7th day of the week and Sabbath Rest (Saturday, Sunday in IDL Zone)Yom Shanee = 2nd day of the week (Monday, Tuesday in IDL Zone)Yom Sheshi = 6th day of the week (Friday, Saturday in IDL Zone)Yom Shleshi = 3rd day of the week (Tuesday, Wednesday in IDL Zone)Yom Teruah = Day of Trumpets, fifth of the annual feasts of YahwehYosef = Joseph - see JosephiteYovel = Jubilee or Year of JubileeZZaqen(im) = elder(s) of an assembly or congregation, or senior members of a community ZoŽ Life = Greek term for spiritual life in the Messiah

Commonly Used MLT AbbreviationsFor additional abbreviations and explanations, please see the Micropedia

AAmp.V(er). = Amplified Version of the BibleAram. = AramaicAV = Authorised Version of the Bible - see KJVBBCAY = B'rit Chadashah Assembly of Yahweh - see NCCGBoA = Books of Abraham (e.g. 1Abr., 2Abr., etc.)Ccp, cf = compare withCB(Q) = Chavurat BekorotCEV = Contemporary English Version of the Biblech. = chapterCJB = Complete Jewish BibleCLNT = Concordant Literal New TestamentCYe = Council of Yah's elohimEEng. = EnglishFff. = and onwards/forwardsfn = footnoteGGk. = GreekGNB = Good News Bible - see TEVHHeb. = Hebrew, HebraicHEM = Holy Echad Marriage, eternal marriageHO = Holy Order - see Chavurat BekorotHOC = Holy Order Collection of revelations - see OBHRV = Hebraic-Roots Version of the BibleIibid. = ibidem (lit. 'in the same place'), referring to a book previously citedICJC = Independent Church of Jesus Christ, earlier name of NCCFISRV = Institute for Scripture Research Version of the BibleJJB = Jerusalem BibleJBP/Phillips = J.B.Phillips translation of the New TestamentJNT = Jewish New TestamentKKJV = King James Version of the Bible - see AVLLB = Living Biblelit. = literally or literatureLXX = Septuagint, Greek translation of the OTMMLT = Mishpachah Lev-TsiyonMoff. = Moffatt translation of the BibleMRC = Messianic Renewed Covenant Version of the NTMS(S) = Manuscript(s)NNASB, NASV = New American Standard Bible/VersionNC&C = New Covenants & Commandments - see OBNCCF = New Covenant Christian Fellowship, earlier name of NCCGNCCG = New Covenant Church of God, earlier name of MLT - see BCAYNCP = New Covenant Press, publishing arm of MLTNCW = New Covenant Witness, MLT magazineNEB = New English BibleNIV = New International Version of the BibleNKJV = New King James Version of the BibleNor. = NorwegianNT = New Testament, B'rit ChadashahNWT = New World Translation of the Bible, unreliable Jehovah's Witness versionOOB = Olive Branch - see NC&Cop.cit. = opere citato (lit. in the work cited)OT = Old Testament, TanakhPp(p). = page(s)pl. = plural - see s.PWNC = Prophetic Words of the New Covenant, revelation cataloging system - see OBQQED = quod erat demonstrandum (lit. which was shown to be proved)RRCF = Restoration Christian Fellowship, earlier name of ICJCRhQ = Ruach haQodesh, Holy SpiritRSTNE = Restoration Scriptures True Name Edition of the BibleRSV = Revised Standard Version of the BibleRV = Revised Version of the BibleSs. = singular - see pl.S&G = Smith & Goodspeed Version of the BibleTTEV = Today's English Version of the Bible - see GNBVVulg. = Biblia Vulgata, Latin Vulgate translation of the BibleWWEB = World English Bible